Fundamentals of Photon Physics

Ole Keller (Aalborg University, Denmark)

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CRC Press
28 August 2024

Applied mathematics; Light (optics); Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); Electrical engineering; Laser technology & holography

Series: Series in Optics and Optoelectronics

The photon, an abstract concept belonging to a global vacuum, only manifests itself during

interaction with matter. Fundamentals of Photon Physics describes the richly faceted, basic theory

of photon-matter interaction, selecting a wide number of topics. Together with the author’s book

Light -- The Physics of the Photon (CRC, 2014), both written on a scholarly level, the reader is

given a comprehensive exposition of photon wave mechanics, quantum optics and quantum

electrodynamics (QED).

Divided into 10 parts, the book begins by exploring the relation between photon wave mechanics

and quantum field theory. It then describes the theories of zero- and one-photon states and

that of bi-photons. After discussing conservation laws, Lagrangian formulations, geometric

phase and topology, the author turns towards the theory of photon scattering, emphasizing a

density matrix operator approach and the role of microscopic extinction theorems. The book

next focuses on mesoscopic QED, devoting particular attention to collective jellium excitations

and photon-spin interactions. Special attention is given to the basics of the photon-magnon

interaction and nonlinear superconductor electrodynamics, including the nonlinear Meissner

rectification phenomenon, before studying the theory of transverse photons tied to (dressing)

massive particles.

The last three parts take the reader on a journey to topics usually not treated in books on photon-

matter interaction. Beginning with photons in curved space-time structures and in spatially

curved media, e.g. Möbius bands, the author discusses the extension of QED to the electro-weak

interaction at an introductory level. Fundamentals of Photon Physics ends with the establishment

of the set of isovector Maxwell equations in non-Abelian SO(3) gauge theory, leading to

the celebrated hedgehog monopole model.

Ole Keller is professor emeritus of theoretical physics at Aalborg University, Denmark. He earned his Licentiate (∼ PhD) degree in semiconductor physics from the Danish Technical University in Copenhagen in 1972, and the Doctor of Science degree from the University of Aarhus (1996). In 1989 he was appointed as the first professor in physics at Aalborg University by Margrethe Den Anden, queen of Denmark. The same year he was admitted to Kraks Blaa Bog, a prestigious Danish biographical dictionary which (citatum) ”Includes men and women, whose life story could have an interest for a wider public”. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America.

He has written the books entitled Quantum Theory of Near-Field Electrodynamics (Springer, 2011) and LIGHT - The Physics of the Photon (CRC, 2014), as well as the monographs Local Fields in the Electrodynamics of Mesoscopic Media (Physics Reports, 1996) and On the Theory of Spatial Localization of Photons (Physics Reports, 2005). He is the editor of the books Nonlinear Optics in Solids (Springer, 1990), Studies in Classical and Quantum Nonlinear Optics (Nova Science, 1995) and Notions and Perspectives of Nonlinear Optics (World Scientific, 1996).

In recent years he has carried out theoretical research in fundamental photon physics, microscopic few-photon diffraction, mesoscopic and Möbius band electrodynamics, and studied magnetic monopole theory based on QED and the isovector Maxwell equations in non-Abelian gauge symmetry.

By: Ole Keller (Aalborg University Denmark)
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 1.200kg
ISBN: 9780367457266
ISBN 10: 0367457261
Series: Series in Optics and Optoelectronics
Pages: 526
Publication Date: 28 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Part 1 PHOTONS: WAVE MECHANICS AND QUANTUM FIELD THEORY 1 ""Bird’s-eye view of electrodynamics as a gauge theory"". 2 ""Dynamical evolution equations of gauge photons"". 3 ""Quantum theory of gauge photons in structural vacuum"". 4 ""Maxwell operator equations. Einstein causality"". Part 2 ZERO - AND ONE-PHOTON STATES. BI-PHOTONS 5 ""From gauge-photon vacuum to bi-photons"". 6 ""Operator extinction theorem: Mean fields, correlations, and fluctuations in free space"". 7 ""Group Theory of One-Photon States"". 8 ""Wave-packet photons and bi-photons"". Part 3 CONSERVATION LAWS AND LAGRANGIANS. GEOMETRIC PHASE AND TOPOLOGY 9 ""From gauge-photon wave mechanics to the magnetostatic Aharonov-Bohm vector potential"". 10 ""Invariance properties and conservation laws in electrodynamics"". 11 ""Topology and geometric phase"". 12 ""Lagrangian approach to electrodynamics"". Part 4 ""PHOTON SCATTERING THEORY. DENSITY OPERATOR FORMALISM"". 13 ""Standard light scattering theory, ante omnia"". 14 ""Semiclassical light scattering"". 15 ""Density matrix formalism. Resolvent operator"". 16 ""Microscopic extinction theorems"". Part 5 BASICS OF MESOSCOPIC ELECTRODYNAMICS 17 ""Notes on nonlocal electrodynamics"". 18 Quantum-field formalism. 19 ""Surface plasmons, plasmaritons and jellions: Classical electrodynamics"". 20 ""Quantum theory of collective jellium fields"". 21 ""Heading for jellion quasiparticles"". 22 Photon-spin interaction. Part 6 BASICS OF MAGNON AND SUPERCONDUCTOR ELECTRODYNAMICS 23 ""Spin-1/2 current density: Exponential photon source confinement"". 24 “Spin waves in ferromagnets”. 25 ""Nonlinear electromagnetic rectification in BCS superconductors"". Part 7 PHOTONS TIED TO MASSIVE PARTICLES 26 ""Radiation reaction in the self-field approach"". 27 ""Particle dressed by a cloud of transverse photons"". 28 ""The plasmariton quasiparticle. Surface plasmaritons"". Part 8 PHOTONS IN CURVED STRUCTURES 29 ""The classical light particle: Geodesics and free fall"". 30 ""Electrodynamics in general relativity and non-inertial frames"". 31 ""Electrodynamics in spatially curved structures"". 32 ""Field-coupled surface Shrödinger equation. Möbius-band electrodynamics"". Part 9 EXTENSION OF QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS TO ELECTRO-WEAK INTERACTION 33 ""Parity conservation and violation"". 34 ""Abelian and non-Abelian gauge fields"". 35 ""Hidden gauge invariance: U ( 1 ) case"". 36 ""Electro-weak theory: An introduction"". Part 10 MAGNETIC MONOPOLES 37 ""On the Dirac monopole and its attached string"". 38 ""Magnetic monopoles: Non-retarded electrodynamics"". 39 ""Photon wave mechanical monopole theory"". 40 ""Magnetic monopoles in non-Abelian gauge symmetry"". Bibliography."

Ole Keller is professor emeritus of theoretical physics at Aalborg University, Denmark. He earned his Licentiate (∼ PhD) degree in semiconductor physics from the Danish Technical University in Copenhagen in 1972, and the Doctor of Science degree from the University of Aarhus (1996). In 1989 he was appointed as the first professor in physics at Aalborg University by Margrethe Den Anden, queen of Denmark. The same year he was admitted to Kraks Blaa Bog, a prestigious Danish biographical dictionary which (citatum) ”Includes men and women, whose life story could have an interest for a wider public”. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America. He has written the books entitled Quantum Theory of Near-Field Electrodynamics (Springer, 2011) and LIGHT - The Physics of the Photon (CRC, 2014), as well as the monographs Local Fields in the Electrodynamics of Mesoscopic Media (Physics Reports, 1996) and On the Theory of Spatial Localization of Photons (Physics Reports, 2005). He is the editor of the books Nonlinear Optics in Solids (Springer, 1990), Studies in Classical and Quantum Nonlinear Optics (Nova Science, 1995) and Notions and Perspectives of Nonlinear Optics (World Scientific, 1996). In recent years he has carried out theoretical research in fundamental photon physics, microscopic few-photon diffraction, mesoscopic and Möbius band electrodynamics, and studied magnetic monopole theory based on QED and the isovector Maxwell equations in non-Abelian gauge symmetry.

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